I hear you and completely agree. I get that response as well: “nobody would work! Society would collapse!”. I don’t think so… I do think many of the jobs people do just to survive would take a huge hit, like McDonald’s employees or Walmart greeters. But I don’t think any job would completely dissappear, just change. I’ve known people who enjoy working fast food, or greeting… I would still do what I do for a living without pay if I could. We would still grow food, and work. The focus on what stuff would be different though. And yeah, there would be people who don’t work… but that is true now as well!
Due to circumstances im working either 1 or 4 hours a day, and the other guy that works there works 8 hours a day. The difference between our attitudes is noticeable. Like spongebob/squidward noticeable.
I just wish it was possible to survive on my wage. It should be possible to get rid of the bullshit jobs and share the “real work” like this for survivable wages.
There are people like me who enjoy growing food. If I knew it was benefiting people and not harming the land, I’d be out there as much as I can (…I live in SoCal and have a family history of skin cancer so that might limit it BUT THE WILL IS THERE).
I also enjoy growing cannabis. I already love giving it away for free. I don’t sell it - technically I can’t legally, but in reality no one would care if I did. I prefer giving it away. If I could do that on a huge scale, I would.
Growing or synthesizing psychedelics, and providing free trip sitting services, would make me feel like I was actually fulfilling my life’s calling. I would do that for free for the rest of my life if my basic needs were met, and I would be extremely happy doing so.
There are people like my partner, who enjoy cooking food. She would cook food for people all the time if it made them happier. If they were able to give her something in return, even better, but not necessary. She would also run art classes for free - I know because she already does, but there’s not really the infrastructure to make it consistent and widely promoted.
Instead I’m unemployed with two different STEM degrees because the corporate cannabis industry is shitfuck garbage in a thousand ways, capitalists rigged the permitting processes around me so it’s impossible for me to start my own legal grow even after I saved over 50% of my paycheck for years of work, and I can’t find any other STEM careers that I can be confident don’t serve evil (usually in the form of capitalism) in some capacity. I’m withholding my labor because I do not believe society, as it stands, is working towards anything of value - conversely, as a nature worshipper, I watch it kill divinity every single day.
Another side of it is, being able to get fewer products makes people more self-reliant, which gives “stuff” more value. The wooden chair from IKEA that cost $25 is replaced by a wooden chair hand-carved by you, or your family, or a friend that cost a few days of work. You’ll value it more, it has a story, it’s less disposable and by extension, so are the resources used to make it (at least for people prone to, you know, thought). It is healthy for people to depend on the land on which they live to some extent.
I hear you and completely agree. I get that response as well: “nobody would work! Society would collapse!”. I don’t think so… I do think many of the jobs people do just to survive would take a huge hit, like McDonald’s employees or Walmart greeters. But I don’t think any job would completely dissappear, just change. I’ve known people who enjoy working fast food, or greeting… I would still do what I do for a living without pay if I could. We would still grow food, and work. The focus on what stuff would be different though. And yeah, there would be people who don’t work… but that is true now as well!
Due to circumstances im working either 1 or 4 hours a day, and the other guy that works there works 8 hours a day. The difference between our attitudes is noticeable. Like spongebob/squidward noticeable.
I just wish it was possible to survive on my wage. It should be possible to get rid of the bullshit jobs and share the “real work” like this for survivable wages.
There are people like me who enjoy growing food. If I knew it was benefiting people and not harming the land, I’d be out there as much as I can (…I live in SoCal and have a family history of skin cancer so that might limit it BUT THE WILL IS THERE).
I also enjoy growing cannabis. I already love giving it away for free. I don’t sell it - technically I can’t legally, but in reality no one would care if I did. I prefer giving it away. If I could do that on a huge scale, I would.
Growing or synthesizing psychedelics, and providing free trip sitting services, would make me feel like I was actually fulfilling my life’s calling. I would do that for free for the rest of my life if my basic needs were met, and I would be extremely happy doing so.
There are people like my partner, who enjoy cooking food. She would cook food for people all the time if it made them happier. If they were able to give her something in return, even better, but not necessary. She would also run art classes for free - I know because she already does, but there’s not really the infrastructure to make it consistent and widely promoted.
Instead I’m unemployed with two different STEM degrees because the corporate cannabis industry is shitfuck garbage in a thousand ways, capitalists rigged the permitting processes around me so it’s impossible for me to start my own legal grow even after I saved over 50% of my paycheck for years of work, and I can’t find any other STEM careers that I can be confident don’t serve evil (usually in the form of capitalism) in some capacity. I’m withholding my labor because I do not believe society, as it stands, is working towards anything of value - conversely, as a nature worshipper, I watch it kill divinity every single day.
Another side of it is, being able to get fewer products makes people more self-reliant, which gives “stuff” more value. The wooden chair from IKEA that cost $25 is replaced by a wooden chair hand-carved by you, or your family, or a friend that cost a few days of work. You’ll value it more, it has a story, it’s less disposable and by extension, so are the resources used to make it (at least for people prone to, you know, thought). It is healthy for people to depend on the land on which they live to some extent.